Background
Decker, Raymond George was born on September 6, 1930 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Charles Daniel Decker and Helen Cuffe Hoagland.
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REFLECTIONS OF A COUNTRY PASTOR, Meditations for the Common Person is about inquiry and choice. It creatively responds to the need and yearning, not by giving answers, but by providing tools people can use to explore their innermost assumptions on very fundamental topics, perhaps to discover new life-enhancing perspectives on them. Based in ancient monastic practice, the approach to meditation presented in this book is contemporary and holds promise for the future. It embraces changes in society and scientific discovery, and brings readers closer to the goal of spirituality while acknowledging the awesome power of worldliness. REFLECTIONS OF A COUNTRY PASTOR, Meditations for the Common Person serves as a model for personal spiritual practice in daily life.
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Decker, Raymond George was born on September 6, 1930 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Charles Daniel Decker and Helen Cuffe Hoagland.
Bachelor of Science Political Science cum laude, Santa Clara University, 1952. AB Philosophy, St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, California, 1954. Master of Divinity Pastoral Theology, St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, California, 1958.
Doctor of Philosophy Law and Theology with distinction, University California, Berkeley, 1974.
Associate pastor St. Joseph's Parish, Alameda, California, 1958—1959. Social science teacher Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland, 1959—1961. Associate pastor St. Agnes Parish, San Francisco, 1961—1966.
Executive secretary priests' senate Archdiocese San Francisco, 1966—1969. Associate professor Christian ethics St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, California, 1973—1974. Assistant dean Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1974—1977.
Director research and planning Archdiocese San Francisco, 1978—1980. Executive director Hospice Monterey Peninsula, Carmel, California, 1980—1982. Consultant on public policy Diocese Oakland, 1982—1985.
Pastor Sacred Heart Parish, Olema, 1985—1995, retired, 1995. Visiting scholar Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977—1978. Guest scholar Egyptian Center for Social and Criminological Research, Cairo, 1975.
Regent Franciscan School Theology, Berkeley, California, since 2000. Board directors Freitas Foundation, San Rafael, California.
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Board directors St. Joseph Center for Social Change, Santa Rosa, California, since 2000, Rural Food Program, Occidental, since 2000. Board regents Franciscan School Theology, Berkeley.